Marine Log - September 2007 - (Page 51)

with giants such as the 348 ft anchor handler beam of 32 ft Laney Chouest. and depth of 13 Quick facts By contrast, with the delivery of the First and Ten, ft, but can obtain Rigdon Marine’s fleet now numbers 11 PSV’s, one fast a top speed of 32 The First and Ten supply boat and two crewboats. The largest in the knots. The differh a s a t o p s p e e d of Rigdon fleet is its 5000 Class PSV’s, which are DP2 ence between 12 knots at max d ra f t a n d a f u e l Class and have a liquid mud capacity of 5,147 bbl and the two classes c o n s u m p t i o n of overall dimensions of 210 ft x 54 ft x 19 ft with an is that the 176 85 gal/hour at a operating draft of 16 ft. Newbuilding programs with Class features d ra f t of 4 . 9 m a t a Bollinger, C&G Boat Works, Inc., Mobile, Ala., and four Hamilton s p e e d of 1 0 . 5 Midship Marine Inc., Harvey, La., could potentially HM811 waterk n o t s. Photo at add 10 vessels to the Rigdon fleet in 2008 and another jets as compared r i g h t s h ow s d i s three vessels in 2009. with 54 inch x 54 t i n c t i v e o va l “Bourbon could possibly take a few of the crewinch pitch, fours h a p e of p a r t i a l l y boats,” Larry Rigdon, chairman and CEO of Rigdon blade propellers. completed liquid Marine told MARINE LOG at a meeting last month in The speed of the 176 Class doesn’t come free; at mud tank at Houston. “When it comes to these types of aluminum 400 long tons displacement, the 176 Class has a Bollinger Shipy a rd s. crewboats, U.S. shipyards are competitive with anyfuel consumption of 336 gal/hour at 23 knots as one in the world.” opposed to 250 gal/hour at 15 knots at a displaceThe newbuilding programs at C&G Boat Works and ment of 490 long tons for the 165 Class. Midship Marine include three 181 ft x 34 ft x 14 ft, DP1 Class At a meeting with the Rigdon Marine management team in fast supply vessels that each of capacities for 36 passengers Houston, Rigdon, along with Richard Currence Jr., senior vice and can obtain speeds of 23 knots. The crewboats include the president, and William “Billy” Guice, vice president, sales and 165 Class and 176 Class. While both classes have installed marketing, discussed preliminary plans for perhaps a larger power of 7,200 bhp and can carry up to 80 offshore workers, the vessel-a 300 ft, DP2 Class deepwater supply vessel with as 165 Class has an overall length of 165 ft, beam of 29 ft and much as 15,000 bbl capacity for liquid mud. “We’re a small comdepth of 14 ft and reach a top speed of 26 knots. pany,” says Rigdon, “and this is an investment we’re weighing The slightly larger 176 Class has an overall length of 176 ft, very carefully.” ML The First and Ten has a deadweight capacity of 1,950 short tons and can handle 925 short tons of deck cargo on its spacious cargo deck area of 4,178 ft2 www.marinelog.com SEPTEMBER 2007 MARINE LOG 51 http://www.marinelog.com

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